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Gender And Climate Change Finance
WEDO challenges the dominant approach to climate change that prioritizes market-based solutions over human rights-based policies which seek to protect the most vulnerable. By documenting the key economic dimensions of climate change policies and processes and their implications for women, WEDO advocates for climate change financing that is gender sensitive.
Working with partners in Africa and Asia to produce case studies and to develop a platform to impact key global processes, WEDO is also analyzing the major market-based approaches to climate change mitigation, including large-scale bio-fuel production and carbon trading, from a gender perspective. The WEDO MisFortune 500 web resource reports on corporate profiteering arising from ‘false’ climate change mitigation strategies while promoting gender-sensitive alternatives.
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NEW! A Resource Kit: Climate Change Connections
New York, October 15–Climate Change Connections, a comprehensive resource kit on gender, population and climate change, was launched today by the United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA) and the Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO).
The resource kit presents an overview of gender and climate change in the context of policy, finance, adaptation plans, best practices, and advocacy tools. It argues for a new convergence in thinking and practice that aligns the efforts of governments, aid organizations, and the general public, to ensure that women contribute to and benefit from equitable climate solutions.
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UN Calls for Greater Role for Women in Climate Change Decision-making
New York, September 29– In a message to the high-level event on “Peace and Security through Women’s Leadership: Acting on 1325 and Climate Change,” organized in New York by Finland and Liberia, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on UN member States to give women a greater say in addressing climate change challenges as equal partners in global discussions.
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Ready or Not Conference Details
[ April 28, 2009; 3:00 pm; 3:00 pm; ] New York, April 28–Find out more about the Ready or Not Conference on issues and solutions for adapting to climate change, which is being held in Washington DC April 30-May1.
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New Case Study: Gender and Climate Change Finance, Philippines
What do women’s rights have to do with climate finance? Investing in women is one of the most effective ways to advance sustainable development and fight climate change devastation. Taking an in-depth look at the Philippines, WEDO explores the gender dimensions of climate finance at the national level in our latest publication Gender and Climate Change Finance: A Case Study from the Philippines.
Existing conditions and discrimination determine who is most impacted by “natural” disasters. Women are the majority of the 1.3 billion people living in the deepest poverty worldwide, and people in poverty bear the brunt of climate change…
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Equitable Financing for Climate Change
WEDO was at the UNFCCC Conference Of Parties in Poznan, Poland, following the next steps in negotiations on tackling climate change. Partnering with HBF, ActionAid, GGCA and UNDP. WEDO presented our newest case study on Gender, Climate Change and Financing at our official side event, Equitable Financing for Climate Change. To view the webcast and presentations from the event, click here.
WEDO also partnered with GGCA on a Gender and Climate Change session as part of IIED’s two-day event on Development & Climate. To view a summary of the event, click here.
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